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1. (adj.) insecure
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not confident or assured:
an insecure person.
2. insecure
not safe; exposed or liable to risk or danger:
insecure borders.
3. insecure
not firmly or reliably placed or fastened:
an insecure ladder.
Etymology: (1640–50; < ML)
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| Definition of 'insecure' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) insecure
not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
"the hinge is insecure"
2. (adj) insecure, unsafe
lacking in security or safety
"his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"
3. (adj) insecure
lacking self-confidence or assurance
"an insecure person lacking mental stability"
4. (adj) insecure, unsafe
not safe from attack
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1. (adjective) insecure
≠ secure
As a child, I was very insecure.; insecure teenagers
2. insecure
≠ secure
an insecure Internet connection
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| Definition of 'insecure' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) insecure
not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss
2. (adj) insecure
not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss
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Sense: unsure of oneself or lacking confidence
Whenever he was in a crowd of people he felt anxious and insecure.
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 Afrikaans: onseker |
 Arabic: غَيْر واثِق |
 Bulgarian: несигурен |
 Brazilian: inseguro |
 Czech: nejistý |
 German: unsicher |
 Danish: usikker; utryg |
 Greek: ανασφαλής |
 Spanish: inseguro |
 Estonian: ebakindel |
 Farsi: دلواپس |
 Finnish: epävarma |
 French: inquiet |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר בִּטָחוֹן |
 Hindi: अस्थिर, अदृढ़ |
 Croatian: nesiguran |
 Hungarian: bizonytalan |
 Indonesian: kurang keyakinan |
 Icelandic: óöruggur |
 Italian: insicuro |
 Japanese: 不安な |
 Korean: 불확실한 |
 Lithuanian: nesaugus |
 Latvian: nedrošs |
 Malay: tidak yakin |
 Dutch: onzeker |
 Norwegian: usikker, utrygg |
 Polish: niepewny |
 Persian: دلواپس |
 Pashto: نا خوندي، نا ساتلى،نا محف |
 Portuguese: inseguro |
 Romanian: nesigur |
 Russian: неуверенный (в себе) |
 Slovak: neistý |
 Slovenian: negotov |
 Serbian: nesiguran |
 Swedish: osäker, otrygg |
 Thai: ไม่มั่นคง |
 Turkish: güvensiz, emniyetsiz |
 Taiwanese: 缺乏自信的 |
 Ukrainian: небезпечний |
 Urdu: غیر محفوظ، قلت اعتماد کا |
 Vietnamese: không an toàn |
 Chinese: 缺乏信心的 |
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